Re Al's comment about breathable paints: A monster Victorian greenhouse in Edinburgh where I spent about 3 weeks replacing rotten wood was then painted with green Butinox; paint is still looking good 16 years down the line. the problem with Butinox was that it was always rather matt and translucent (white particularly so)and customers were always asking me about putting a top coat on.
Sadolin Supadec is a newish paint that is breathable, waterbased, self priming, satin and opaque; I use it all the time now, just hope it lasts as well as the Butinox.

A really productive afternoon. Murr, the bird's mooth master came over last night, with a tiny tweak we got everything lined up for fixing. I was really anxious I had screwed up somewhere. Murr has the sort of confidence and experience you'd value in a surgeon.

I anchored the wall plate, made up the tenon recess and bolted it together. I welded up some new brackets for the astragals, it's a shallow pitch and will be really heavy when glazed. Feeling as if the end is in sight.

but I may have to come up there and have words if you are using a claw hammer on the wood chisel in the picture. No way to treat an Estwing hammer or a wood chisel.

Hangs head in shame.

I had better admit I trashed a Marples chisel cleaning the accumulated and seemingly petrified dirt from the tongues and grooves when laying the reclaimed floor. Someday I will created a dedicated woodworking space where I can really look after these tools.

I cleaned up the guttering, it was like new under the old flaking paint. I've recycled some of the original glass, there is probably enough to do about a third of the glazing. The job is so much easier when the sun shines.

The last bit of this jigsaw was to make another door post and to take down the scaffolding. We even had a rain shower to check for leaks and to ensure the gutter worked. Unfortunately this is a 10,000 piece jigsaw with about a tenth of it completed, I'm away for a month, no doubt the weather will have changed for the worst come October, so I will probably have to wait until next year to tackle the big lean to section.